24-year-old Amy Greenhalgh and 23-year-old Abana Arshad are facing jail after they laughed as they threw stones at elderly patients with dementia who begged them to stop.
The two nurses threw stones at their victims then recorded the patients’ reactions on their phones.
According to reports, the pair targeted up to seven elderly patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s while working at a care home in Greater Manchester.
None of the patients were able to determine who maltreated them because of their condition.
Greenhalgh and Arshad were discovered when one of them was seen loading her pockets with stones. Gravels were also found on the floors of the elderly patients’ rooms.
When the two realized that they were already found out, they tried to blame other patients and called an innocent coworker a ‘crackhead.’
In their Facebook conversation, Greenhalgh wrote: “Someone’s reported us about stones being thrown.”
Arshad said: “Are you for real? You can’t trust anyone in work I swear.”
Greenhalgh replied: “Did we get all the stones off the floor in the rooms?”
Abana wrote: “Don’t think anybody will clock that. I’ll back you.”
Police officers discovered their messages while questioning the two. One insulting video of a resident was also found which said: “Cindy dancing on the floor – checking if people are looking haha,” with numerous laughing emojis.
Greenhalgh from Eccles and Arshad from Crumpsall were each convicted of mistreating a person without mental capacity.
Senior colleague Aaliyah Hussain said to the hearing: “One pair of rolled up gloves was thrown at a female resident called Cindy and she thought another male resident called Jack had thrown it and a verbal altercation then broke out between them. But it was either Abana or Amy who threw as one admitted it to another carer.”
District Judge James Hatton said: “They clearly knew what they where doing was wrong and amounted to ill treatment. What other inference could I possibly draw from people that are throwing stones and laughing at people they should be caring for.
“Both were present, both were involved and both laughed. They are as guilty as one another and they stand convicted and at risk of an immediate custodial sentence.”
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